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Cras amet qui numquam amavit quique amavit cras amet → May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well.

Pervigilium Veneris

Greek Monolingual

-ο(ν) (Α ἀκανθοφόρος)
1. (για ζώα και φυτά) αυτός που έχει επάνω του αγκάθια
«ἀκανθοφόρος ἐχῑνος» (Νόννος, Δίον. 13, 421)
2. (αγρός) όπου φυτρώνουν αγκάθια.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ < ἄκανθα + -φόρος < φέρω.
ΠΑΡ. ακανθοφορώ].